The older superstars of the NBA

After Dwight Howard scored the first goal for the Minnesota Timberwolves, the players in the Timberwolves looked forward to it.

Zhao Feiyang, the team's core, was missing in this battle, and many players also wanted to know whether Dwight Howard alone could lead the entire team to defeat the opponent.

Soon the Cleveland Cavaliers fought back.

Kyrie Irving held the ball across half court. He took the ball at the top of the arc to observe the situation on the court. Zach LaVine went up to mark him.

The two met face to face, and Kyrie Irving dribbled and shook.

LeBron James on the side deliberately used his running position to create the illusion that he was going to catch the ball. As a result, LeBron James' small movements caused other Timberwolves players to make misjudgments.

When Kyrie Irving made a change of direction and went straight to the basket, the Timberwolves' defense was already in chaos.

Swish.

A layup successfully throws the ball, and Kyrie Irving's singles effect is quite obvious.

Then it was the Timberwolves' turn to counterattack.

Zach LaVine was marked by Kyrie Irving after dribbling the ball across the half, and he could only pass the ball to Andrew Wiggins on the wing.

Andrew Wiggins was facing LeBron James. The two faced each other. Andrew Wiggins tried to sway into the basket, but was followed by LeBron James. It seemed impossible to get rid of LeBron. James, Andrew Wiggins can only take the risk of sending the ball to Dwight Howard.

Dwight Howard, who got the ball, continued to play singles. After turning around one after another, he entered the basket, knocked away Kevin Love with a dunk and smashed the ball in again.

boom.

The scoring of this goal also made the Timberwolves players on the sidelines very happy.

Even the head coach Norman Thomas couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

With the team's lineup obviously not as good as the opponent's, Dwight Howard, as the team's strongest firepower, can at least score the ball, which undoubtedly reduces the pressure on the Timberwolves a lot.

If there is no Dwight Howard, I am afraid that the Timberwolves will only be the same as last season. A group of salted fish has no power to fight back against this super strong team, and it is impossible to withstand the opponent's offense and defense. .

The game continues.

Dwight Howard's performance was quite good. In the first quarter, he alone became the strongest scoring point of the Timberwolves.

He scored 12 points and got 13 rebounds in 6 minutes of playing. This performance can be said to be very good!

Compared to him, the performance of other Timberwolves players is not stable enough. Zach LaVine is not bad. He sent 5 assists to his teammates, and he also scored a 3-pointer and a 2-pointer. Kevin LaVine Martin's scoring ability is also not bad, scoring 3 points in 6 shots.

Because of the stable performance of these three, the Timberwolves performed well on the offensive end.

As for the defensive end, with Dwight Howard supporting the interior, the Timberwolves' interior defense has improved several levels compared to before.

The Cavaliers have obviously never played against such a Timberwolves. Therefore, even with the existence of the Big Three, they were still 2 points behind the Timberwolves at the end of the first quarter.

The score between the two sides was 32 to 30.

It looks like the Timberwolves still have some leads.

beep.

The two sides entered the rest period.

Before the arrival of the second quarter, on the bench of the Cavaliers, head coach David Bratcher was also constantly arranging new tactics.

Although no one knew what he was talking about, they could see him picking up the tactical board and making gestures through the big screen.

"We have to restrain him..."

"As long as they can contain him, they can't play... Dwight is as important as an engine to them..."

The cameraman at the scene walked into some pictures about the Cavaliers' bench, and could vaguely hear the words of the head coach David Bratcher from the pictures, but such pictures did not appear on the big screen at the scene. Only fans watching the live broadcast can see it on the Internet.

At the same time, Zhao Feiyang, who was recuperating at home in Minneapolis, was also watching the live broadcast of the game. Although he was not satisfied with the team's performance in the first quarter, he was still very satisfied with Dwight. Howard was surprised by his ability.

"This guy seems to be 29 years old and less than 30... If he doesn't always put on superstar airs, there must be more places this guy can go..."

"As long as he is willing to work hard, with his current strength, he can definitely help the team reach the Western Conference finals... But I hope this guy will not play happy basketball all the time, at most just play in the regular season, and he must play in the playoffs." Get serious..."

The line of sight returned to the Quicken Loans Center arena.

beep.

The second quarter begins.

The Cavaliers did not make much adjustments to the lineup this time, except that LeBron James was off the court, and head coach David Bratcher just changed the two big men in the interior.

Tristan Thompson and Timofey Mozgov came off the bench, and they began to be responsible for the Cavaliers' inside offense and defense.

The Timberwolves made little adjustments here. Dwight Howard continued to play, Kevin Martin was temporarily replaced, Zach LaVine went to the second position, and Ricky Rubio organized the team's offense.

The Timberwolves serve again.

This time Ricky Rubio advances the ball over half court.

Compared to Zach LaVine's swiftness, he appears more conservative and calm.When he stood at the top of the arc to organize the offense, Dwight Howard on the inside also made a move to catch the ball.

However, as soon as he ran out this time, Tristan Thompson and Timofey Mozgov immediately double-teamed him.

"what's the situation?"

Before Dwight Howard could fully react, he was tightly entangled by the two of them.

Seeing that he couldn't catch the ball, Ricky Rubio quickly gave the ball to Zach LaVine on the wing.Zach LaVine held the ball and broke through to the basket. His reaction was very quick. When he was almost at the basket, he found that the opponent was interfering, so he threw the ball one step ahead of time.

Snapped.

The basketball hit the backboard and smashed into the basket smoothly.

Although the Timberwolves scored again, from this second, Dwight Howard was tightly entangled.The Cavaliers seemed to be doing this on purpose, and even did not hesitate to miss others to get into the basket. In short, they put all the defensive restrictions on Dwight Howard.

After stretching for more than half a quarter, Dwight Howard finally couldn't stand it anymore.

Head coach Norman Thomas saw that he was exhausted and hurriedly replaced him.

Unexpectedly, not long after the Timberwolves made a substitution, the Cavaliers immediately replaced Kevin Love.

"Guys, it's time for us to fight!"

"Don't be afraid of their inside defense....Give me a breakthrough and dunk hard..."

Head coach David Blatcher shouted to the players on the sidelines.